Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/urpē

This Proto-Samic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Samic

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Finnic *urpa.

Noun

*urpē

1. catkin

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*urpē
Genitive	*ur̯p̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*urpē	*ur̯p̯ēk
Accusative	*ur̯p̯ēm	*ur̯p̯ijtē
Partitive	*urpētē
Genitive	*ur̯p̯ēn	*ur̯p̯ij
Essive	*urpēnē	*ur̯p̯ijnē
Inessive	*ur̯p̯ēsnē
Elative	*ur̯p̯ēstē	*ur̯p̯ijstē
Illative	*urpās̯ën	—
Comitative	*ur̯p̯ijnē *ur̯p̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*ur̯p̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: urpie
  • Pite Sami: urrbe
  • Lule Sami: urbbe
  • Northern Sami: urbi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: urbe
  • Skolt Sami: uʹrbb
  • Kildin Sami: уррьп (urr’p)

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland